Instructions
Strategies
Trends & Relationships
General ACT Tips
Frequently Used Words
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You can skip this many ACT passages completely.
What is Zero?  You can skip questions, though.
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This is the first step to the ACT Science test.
What is POOD the Passages?
100
The Independent Variable is on this axis.
What is the X-axis?
100
This strategy is important when you don't know the answer to a question right away.
What is POE/Now Later Never?
100
"Compare" means this.
What is "show how 2 or more things are the same"?
200
This is the amount of time you have to read 6-7 passages and answer 40 questions.
What is 35 minutes?
200
Remember this rule to avoid getting overwhelmed by the science terminology.
What is Skip No Steps/Bite-Sized Pieces?
200
This is the name of the variable being manipulated by the scientist.
What is the Independent variable?
200
You might want to move on from a question after you've spent this much time on it.
What is one minute?
200
"Infer" means this.
What is "think beyond the information given in a text and make links with 'unstated' ideas or information"?
300
Make sure to do this to all of the tables & graphs & charts.
What is Write All Over Them?
300
This is the name of the variable being measured, or affected by a change in the other variable.
What is the Dependent Variable?
300
TRUE/FALSE - If a question looks complicated, it probably is. Don't even waste time skimming the material.
False. Some complicated questions just LOOK complicated. If there's a key word/line reference/table reference, the answer lies there.  You don't have to understand the terminology to pick the right answer.
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"Convey" means this.
What is, "to make something known; to pass on information".
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TRUE/FALSE - Instructions for the ACT Science test are always the same.
What is True?
400
TRUE/FALSE - You should skim the passages first.
What is False?
400
The Dependent Variable is on this axis.
What is the Y-axis?
400
You should use these to answer other questions in the passage.
What are questions that you've already answered?
400
"Identify" means this.
What is, "give the name or identifying characteristics of the thing being asked about"?
500
TRUE/FALSE - You need a calculator to answer questions with numbers in them.
What is False?
500
When you're writing on the tables/graphs/charts, you should pay attention to:
What are trends within tables and relationships between tables?
500
The ACT likes to be sneaky with questions about the units.  Units are found here on a graph.
Where is in parentheses on the axes, after the Independent & Dependent labels?
500
The ACT __________ test your classroom science knowledge.
What is Doesn't?
500
"Contrast" means this.
What is, "show how 2 or more things are different"?
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